[1] The area is sparsely populated with a few houses on the main stretch of the highway surrounded by large swathes of farmland.

[2] James T. Henderson, the “father of Auvergne,” moved and settled in the area with twenty-five slaves in 1860.

[2] In 1895, a tornado devastated the town, destroying the Methodist church, the railroad depot, and the schoolhouse.

[2] In addition to the destruction of the tornado, the establishment of Newport as the county seat caused greater population decline.

[2] Pickens Black Jr. owned a farm in the area and was the second African American pilot to be licensed to fly in the United States.